Railway-track



(No Model.)

A. J. MOXH'AM.

RAILWAY TRACK.

No. 495,987. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

- WITNESSES lfVl/ENTOI? Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, OF JOI-INSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAI LWAY-T RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,987, dated April.25, 1893.

Application filed April 27, 1892. Serial No. 430,925. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, of Johnstown, in the county ofOambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Construction of Railway-Tracks, which invention orimprovement is fully set forth and illustrated in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to secure together two railroad railsand a chair so as to form an integral structure.

The invention will first be described in detail and then particularlyset forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows, in side-elevation, tworailroad rails and a base or support assembled together in position tobe united. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing said rails and baseor support united so as to form an integral structure, another base orsupport being also shown integral with said structure. Fig. 3 is a viewin perspective showing the rails and base or support separately,previous to being assembled and united.

In said figures the several parts are respectively indicated byreference letters as follows:

The letter A indicates two girder-rails each having a Web a, and agrooved or bifurcated bottom I).

The letter B indicates a base or support having a vertical web 0provided at its top With a bead d, adapted to fit into the groovedbottoms of the rails A.

The process of making the completed structure is as follows:Two railsand a base or support are first separately rolled or otherwise formedinto the desired shapes. Said three parts are then assembled together asshown in Fig. 1, the ends of the rails abutting, or nearly abutting,each other, and the base or support spanning the point of junction ofsaid rails and fitting into the grooves b in the bottoms of the same.The two rails and the base or support are then welded together orotherwise united so as to form an integral structure as shown in Fig. 2.The welding may be accomplished by means of electricity or any othersuitable process or means of welding.

Instead of welding the ends of the rails to each other and to the baseor support, the welding between the ends of the rails may be omitted andsaid rails united by being welded to the base or support only and not toeach other.

I do not confine myself to the particular forms of rails and base orsupport shown, as it is obvious that my invention is applicable to manyother forms of such articles. It is also obvious that my invention isapplicable to cases where the rails and base or support are part of aswitch piece, crossing, frog or other structure as well as to singlerails in a straight track.

Having thus fully described my said invention, I claim- 1. Thecombination of two railroad rails and a base or support, said base orsupport being in integral union with both of said rails ator near theends of'the same.

2. The combination with two rails having their contiguous endsintegrally united, of a base or support integrally united to said rails.

at or near said ends.

3. The combination of two rails, each having a bifurcated bottom, and abase or support having a portion fitting into said bottoms, said base orsupport being integral with both of said rails at or near the ends ofthe same.

4. The combination with two rails having bifurcated bottoms and theirends integrally united, of a base or support having a portion fittinginto said bottoms and integrally united to said rails.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM.

Witnesses:

D. BRYAN, A. J. BRYAN.

